גַּלְגַּלgalgal

Meanings

Same root

• גָּלַלgâlal · H1556to roll (literally or figuratively)
• גַּלְגַּלgalgal · H1535a wheel
• גִּלְגָּלgilgâl · H1536{a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)}

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

• Psalms 77:18 Your thunder roared from the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world! The earth trembled and shook.
• Psalms 83:13 O my God, scatter them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind!
• Ecclesiastes 12:6 Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.
• Isaiah 5:28 Their arrows will be sharp and their bows ready for battle. Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves, and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
• Isaiah 17:13 But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm.
• Jeremiah 47:3 Hear the clatter of stallions’ hooves and the rumble of wheels as the chariots rush by. Terrified fathers run madly, without a backward glance at their helpless children.